allow host interfaces management

[evgeni]

SUMMARY

Today, foreman_host can only manage the primary interface of a host by specifying mac, ip etc.
However, Foreman can manage ALL the interfaces

There is a interfaces resource: https://theforeman.org/api/1.24/apidoc/v2/interfaces.html

And you can also manage them directly via the hosts API: https://theforeman.org/api/1.24/apidoc/v2/hosts/create.html

I don't mind which way we implement it, but it would be nice to have that feature :)

ISSUE TYPE

• Feature Idea

[Fobhep]

@evgeni Maybe you can add the following to your original post:

Parameters for interface API:

• host_id
• location_id
• organization_id
• interface[mac]
• interface[ip]
• interface[ip6]
• interface[type]
• interface[name]
• interface[subnet_id]
• interface[subnet6_id]
• interface[domain_id]
• interface[identifier]
• interface[managed]
• interface[primary]
• interface[provision]
• interface[username]
• interface[password]
• interface[provider]
• interface[virtual]
• interface[tag]
• interface[mtu]
• interface[attached_to]
• interface[mode]
• interface[attached_devices]
• interface[bond_options]
• interface[compute_attributes]

And further the points from you and @bagasse regarding compute resource

Host is booted at creation time and depending on which way you provision your host, you have at least these three ways:
The host try to reach dhcp server to do a network boot (tftp/ipxe)
Foreman try to reach host to execute finish script (ssh)
Cloud init script may try to get external resources / configure network

Some compute resource in foreman don't support updates after host creation.

[mdellweg]

As i remember it, the foreman_host module is not starting the host after creation. That means you need to call foreman_host_power as a separate task, which gives you enough time to configure every interface needed before the installation process starts.
Not saying that it would be a bad idea to make interfaces available through the host module, but that it is not urgent.

[evgeni]

@Fobhep I think it's fine in your post, so you can edit it as you go ;)

@mdellweg Foreman will auto-start the host after it got created, unless you tell it not to.